Κύμη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps from κῦμᾰ (kûma, “wave”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Κῡ́μη • (Kū́mē) f (genitive Κῡ́μης); first declension

  1. Cyme, an ancient Greek city in Euboea; Kymi, Euboea, Greece
  2. Cyme, an ancient Greek city in Aeolis
  3. Cumae, an ancient Greek city in Magna Graecia; Cuma, Campania, Italy

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Κῡ́μη; τῆς Κῡ́μης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Κῡ́μη
hē Kū́mē
Genitive τῆς Κῡ́μης
tês Kū́mēs
Dative τῇ Κῡ́μῃ
têi Kū́mēi
Accusative τὴν Κῡ́μην
tḕn Kū́mēn
Vocative Κῡ́μη
Kū́mē
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • Κῡμαῖος (Kūmaîos)

Descendants
  • Greek: Κύμη (Kými)
  • Italian: Cuma
  • Latin: Cūmae; Cȳmē
  • → Translingual: Cuma (learned)

References
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007
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